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prestige maximization: a standalone construct

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Higher education

a model of the university as an organization that seeks to maximize its prestige, chiefly through the quality of its faculty, students and research.

In higher education, prestige maximization refers to a model of the university as an organization that seeks to maximize its prestige, chiefly through the quality of its faculty, students and research. This meaning comes from Garvin (1980) in The economics of university behavior.[1]

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model3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs prestige2 fields · 2 citationsjingle · one word, two constructs quality6 fields · 13 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

Garvin, D. A. (1980). The economics of university behavior. Academic Press. ISBN 9780122765506

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